Printing device



June 2, 1931. J 1,807,957

PRINTING DEVICE Filed Aug. 11, 1928 f n i7 .J. OUAQIH CHIICAGO ILL.

Patented June 2, 1931 warren STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES A. BAILEY, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T ADDRESSOGRAPI-I OOMPANY, OF

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE I PRINTING DEVICEApplication filed August 11, 1928. Serial No. 298,972.

This invention relates to printing devices of the kind which are adaptedto berun through an addressing machine for making 7 printing impressionsand are stored in trays I6 or drawers in accordance with a selectedclassification system.

The object of the invention is to provide a printing device of simpleconstruction and light in weight and comprising a removable card and aremovable printing plate which can be easily and quickly changedwhenever desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lightweight printingdevice compris- 1 ing a frame made of cardboard, fibre board or othersuitably stiff and substantial material, a metal printing plate havingtype characters embossed thereon and an information card, the framebeing provided with retaining means of simple character whereby theplate and the card may be detachably mounted in the frame so that eitheror both may be changed easily and quickly without separating the devicefrom the set or system for any 5 material length of time.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating a selected embodiment of theinvention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a printing device embodying theinvention, parts thereof being broken away. I

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing another form of spring.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 4:.

. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the spring shown in Fig. 4..

Referring to the drawings the frame of the printing device comprises aback 7, a skeleton mat 8 fastened to the face of the back and providedwith an opening 9 for a card 10 and an opening 11 for a printing plate12. The frame may be made of cardboard, light fibre board or other lightmaterial and in any desired size and shape. The

.. mat may be made of the same size as the back and the opening 9 islocated above the openview on the ing 11 and separated therefrom by anintegral strip 13. Filler strips are interposed between the mat andthe'back to space the mat slightly from the face of the back. Theefiller strips are preferably made in an integral member conforminggenerally with the shape of the mat. The top, left end and bottommarginal edges of the opening 9 7 project inward beyond the filler toform flanges 14 to receive the card 10, and at the right end of theopening the flanges 14 are notched at 15 to permit insertion of the cardthrough said notches into the opening 9 and beneath the top and bottomflanges 14. When the card is inserted it is moved to the left, Fig. 1,beneath the flanges 14 and in the opening 9 until its left marginal edgeis engaged with the flanges 14 at the left end of the opening 9, and theright end of the card 10 will then lie alongside the inner marginal edgeof the mat at the right end'of the open ing 9. The card'can be removedby lifting the right end thereof sufliciently to clear the mat adjacentthereto after which it can be withdrawn by sliding it to the right asindicated in bro-ken lines in Fig. '1. The card will be made of lightmaterial which will enable it to be flexed sufliciently for insertionand removal as just described, but it will be understood that in manycases a card will remain for a long time in the frame .and when it isremoved it is for replacement, in which case the old card can bedestroyed, so that it is immaterial if the'right end of the card becomesdamaged in removing the card from the frame. The plate is preferablymade of metal with embossed printing charactors and it is held in placein the opening 11 by top and bottom flanges 16. The filler 17 at thebottom of the frame is narrower than the mat .to provide a pocket 18 inwhich a spring 19 is located, This spring is arranged to engage thelower edge of the plate and hold the plate in place in the opening 11with its upper edge seated beneath the top flange. 16, the parts beingso proportioned that when the. upper edge of the plate is seated beneaththe top flange 16, the lower edge :of the plate will also be seatedbeneath the lower flange 16. The plate is arranged in place in theopening 11 by inserting its lower edge beneath the lower flange 16 andengaging the spring and compressing the spring until the plate may belaid flat against the back to engage the flange 16 and it may be movedup under this flange by pressure of the fingers, and then the springwill hold the plate in place properly registered in the opening 11 withits top and bottom edges engaged 'beneath the flanges 16. .To remove theplate it is moved downward by pressure of the fingers, compressing thespring 19, until the upper edge is free from the top flange 16 whereuponthe plate may be lifted out of the opening and removed from the frame. Aplate can be quickly removed from the frame and a new plate inserted inthe frame without requiring that the device be separated for anymaterial length of time from the set or system of which it forms a part.The spring 19 in Fig. 2 is made of resilient wire but this spring may bemade of sheet material as shown in Figs. 46. This latter spring isformed from a flat strip of metal 20 slit at 21 to provide a spring arm22. The

free end of this spring arm is preferably provided with a retaining lug23 and prongs 24 may be struck up from the plate strip to engage theframe. This locking device is secured in the frame below the opening 11and between the mat and the back in an inclined position so that thefree end of the spring arm 22 will engage the bottom edge of the plate12 to thrust the plate'upward beneath the top flange 16 as heretoforedescribed. The retaining lug 23 will overlap the bottom edge of theplate and cooperate with the bottom flange 16 to hold the plate in theframe. lVith this s ring the plate is inserted and removed in t e samemanner as heretofore described. WVhile it is intended that the frameshould be made of some light material, such as paper, cardboard or fibreboard, it can nevertheless be made sufficiently strong and substantialfor many practical uses and the construction is such that the card andplate may be inserted and removed easily and quickly whenever changesare required in maintaining the set or system.

Changes in the form, construction, proportion and arrangement of theinvention may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificingthe advantages thereof and I reserve the right to make all such changesas fall within the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

1. A printing device comprising a frame and a printing plate, said framehaving flanges to engage the marginal edges of the plate at the top andbottom thereof, and yielding means carried by the frame and engagingsaid plate andholding the plate'in yielding engagement with the flanges.

2. A printing device comprising a frame and a printing plate, said framehaving a flange to engage one edge of the plate and a spring pressingagainst the other edge of the plate to hold said plate with its edgeengaged with said flange.

3. A printing device comprising a frame and a printing plate, said framehaving a flange to engage one edge of the plate, and a spring seated inthe frame and pressing against the opposite edge of the plate to holdsaid plate in engagement with said flange.

a. A printing device comprising a frame having a pocket, yieldingpressure means ar ranged in said pocket, and a flange disposed oppositesaid pressure means, and a printing plate held on the frame-inengagement with said flange by direct engagement of said pressure meansWith the plate. 5. A printing device comprising a frame and a printingplate, said frame having a flange to engage one edge of said plate, andyielding means pressing the plate in engagement with said flange andhaving a retaining lug engaging said plate.

6. A printing device comprising a frame having a back and a mat securedto the back and provided with an opening to receive a printing plate,'aprinting plate, flanges on the mat to engage the top and bottom marginaledges of the plate, and yielding means pressing against one of saidedges and holding the other edge in engagement with the flange.

7. A printing device comprising a frame having a back and a mat securedto the back and provided with anopening to receive a printing plate, aprinting plate, a flange on the mat to engage the top marginal edge ofthe plate, and yielding means confined between the back and the mat andpressing against one of the edges of the plate and holding the otheredge in engagement with the flange.

8. A printing device comprising a frame and a printing plate, said framehaving op-' positely disposed flanges to overlap opposite marginal edgesof the plate for retaining the plate in the frame, there being a stop tolimit the movement of the plate under one flange,

and yielding means pressing upon said plate to hold. it against saidstop with its opposite marginal edges engaged by said flanges.

JAMES A. BAILEY,

